The stakes are incredibly high in the Georgia runoffs. The fate of the music industry, struggling small businesses around the country, and our democracy as a whole are at stake, said Kunj Shah, the founder of Live For Live Music and the Comes Alive event series in a statement. With Georgia Comes Alive, we hope to once again channel the power of music to support the grassroots organizations getting people to the polls in January and shine a national spotlight on the importance of participation in democracy.
The lineup will include the one-off supergroup The Lame Ducks featuring Bob Weir (Grateful Dead), Dave Schools (Widespread Panic), Jeff Chimenti (Dead & Company), and Jay Lane (Wolf Bros, Primus), as well as Grouplove, Mike Mills feat. Big Something, the Blind Boys of Alabama and Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Big Gigantic, Fruition, Futurebirds, Dragon Smoke, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades, Houndmouth, Judith Hill, Ben Folds, The Revivalists, Tank and the Bangas, Mu
On Saturday, December 26th at 3 PM ET, Live For Live Music, in partnership with HeadCount, presents Georgia Comes Alive, a one-day virtual music festival to promote voter participation in the upcoming Georgia runoff elections by supporting local grassroots organizations like Georgia Coalition for the People s Agenda and CivicGeorgia. Starting today, fans are encouraged to visit GeorgiaComesAlive.com and donate to the cause. Those who make a donation of any size in advance will receive an email with a link to the stream on the day of the show.
The virtual event, powered by Nugs.net and Plus1, is the latest from the team behind Democracy Comes Alive, Quarantine Comes Alive and Justice Comes Alive, which collectively raised close to $300,000 for various charitable causes and garnered nearly two million views. Like its predecessors, the event aims to direct this momentum toward the critical Georgia Senate runoff elections in January.
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Save Tip’s Benefit to air Saturday, December 19 at 8 p.m. CST
The Tip’s team states: “The support has been beyond overwhelming. So many of you have asked for another ride through our storied history that we’ve decided to run it back and added in some newly discovered treasures. Please join us as our Mega-Concert hits the web for the final time – with even more never-before-seen performances, all to support Tipitina’s and help us during this critical time.
“We have set the Save Tip’s Finale for this Saturday, because it is
Professor Longhair’s birthday! To celebrate this momentous occasion, we will include an additional performance by the master himself from the early days at Tipitina’s. In addition to more Fess, the Save Tip’s Encore will also feature unseen videos of the ‘Soul Queen of New Orlean’
“Up From the Streets: New Orleans: The City of Music” Documentary Debuts Today
Starting today, Mercury Studios (encompassing Eagle Rock Entertainment) and Michael Murphy Productions present the release of the celebrated New Orleans documentary
Up From The Streets®: New Orleans: The City of Music. The film will be available exclusively on digital formats.
Up From The Streets®: New Orleans: The City of Music debuted at the 2019 New Orleans Film Festival and received an Award of Excellence at the IndieFest Film Festival, also winning the Gold Award for best feature documentary at the Houston WorldFest Film Festival. The film’s digital release follows a successful US virtual cinema run, which helped raise over $10,000 for The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation’s Jazz & Heritage Music Relief Fund.